mountain shadow cloud
rears up like a predator
‘til it’s blown away
... and occasional Tanka... and Haibun. Started after a competition on the unbound.co.uk blog (see #1 and #2). Mostly actually senryu , I think. This year attempting to publish a Haiku every day - 365 Haiku a Day. For good or for ill, I always aim to stick rigidly to a 5-7-5 structure - forgive me if I have counted the syllables wrong, often they are how I have said, or thought, them in my head rather than their official number.
long lines dangling down
the harbour wall hold the hopes
of children crabbing
Written for the July Tricycle Haiku Challenge but not entered as I accidentally left out the Summer season word, crab.